PA Considering Ban On Coronavirus Vaccine Passports

Pittsburgh PA

25 May, 2021

12:38 PM

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PENNSYLVANIA — Legislation advancing in the state Legislature would ban the state and local municipalities from requiring vaccine passports. The measure, approved by the Senate Health and Services Committee, now goes to the full Senate for consideration. "We want those who want to receive the vaccine to have every opportunity to do so," Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill of York County, who co-sponsored the bill, said in a news release. "We have seen shifting guidance from day one and while the administration shares our sentiment in not requiring vaccine passports, this legislation will give every Pennsylvanian the reassurance that their state government will not overstep its bounds." Gov. Tom Wolf and state health officials have not indicated any desire to require a vaccine passport. "We believe that every Pennsylvanian who wants a COVID-19 vaccine should have the opportunity to receive one," Hill stated. "However, those who cannot get the vaccine due to medical reasons, arbitrary vaccine deployment phases created by the governor, or personal choice should not be discriminated against by their own government."